Sugar Cookies (1973)

A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.

Director:

Theodore Gershuny

Writers:

Theodore Gershuny, Lloyd Kaufman

Stars:

George Shannon, Mary Woronov, Lynn Lowry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Shannon	...	Max Pavell
Mary Woronov	...	Camila Stone
Lynn Lowry	...	Alta Leigh / Julie Kent
Monique van Vooren	...	Helene
Maureen Byrnes	...	Dola
Daniel Sadur	...	Gus
Ondine	...	Roderick
Jennifer Welles	...	Max's Secretary
Anthony Pompei	...	Oliver
Reid Cruickshanks	...	Det. Schwartz
Thomas Mahony	...	Det. Joe
Ralph R. Ralph	...	Doctor
Stanley Kaufman	...	Lawyer (as S. Lloyd Kaufman Sr.)
Shawn Randall	...	Girl In Restaurant
Allen Liffman	...	Man In City Woman

Storyline

A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a nude woman | woman in a bathtub | murder | lesbian | revenge | 

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Taglines:

Meet the beautiful people who live... and die in a freaky, try anything world.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

X

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lynn Lowry initially turned the script down because she objected to all the extensive nudity that her dual role entailed. But later, in an interview, she said being naked on set all the time wasn't a big deal. "Dealing with all the nudity was very difficult in the beginning. Just the idea of being nude in front of all these people is hard. But after you've done it, and by the first night you've spent 14 hours nude, nobody cares anymore. Nobody looks at you anymore, you're laying on the floor and crew people are stepping over your nude body. After a while, it's just like you're in clothes."

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Connections

References The Conformist (1970)

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Soundtracks

Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
The Jaynetts

User Reviews

An Odd Erotic-Thriller From the Troma Team...

Although not a particularly good film, it is still loads better than anything Troma released in the 80's. This is the one of the first releases by Troma, a few years after the laughable "The Battle of Love's Return". Lynn Lowry plays a dual role(and cannot act in either of them) as Alta, a woman murdered by adult film-maker Max, & Julie, an actress pursued by lesbian Camila(the leggy Mary Woronov). It might have been a better film had there been better acting and if a stupid sub-plot involving Max's ex-brother-in-law had been deleted.

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

Love, Death

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$78,340

Company Credits

Production Co:

15th Street Films, Armor Films Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1